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Body piercing among Brazilian surgical patients
Solange Diccini1, Aline Malheiro da Costa Nogueira, Valmi D Sousa
1Federal University of São Paulo School of Nursing, São Paulo, Brazil.
AORN Journal
|January 6, 2009
Abstract:
The practice of body piercing is becoming more common worldwide. Surgical patients with body piercings require special preoperative assessment to ensure safety during and after surgery. In a study of Brazilian surgical patients at one facility, only 0.6% had body piercings. An RN or nursing student instructed each patient on piercing removal, and piercings were removed by the patients before surgery.
